People On the Move

Advertising

Rodgers Townsend added Jeremy Simmons as a copywriter, Lexi Torpey as senior art director and John Jackson as senior copywriter.

Banking/finance

Concord Bank promoted Richard Cook to executive vice president and chief lending officer, Susan Jones to senior vice president and operations officer, and Katie Severson to head teller. The bank also added three new board members: Earl Gates Jr. of Servco St. Louis, David Heyl of J.B. Marine and Andrew Mandel of Schlueter, Mandel and Mandel.

Shez Bandukwala joined Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc.’s investment banking group as head of its “cleantech” investment banking team.

Kevin Fitzgerald was named vice president and compliance officer at First Clover Leaf Bank.

The PFM Group added Maria Altomare as managing director.

Cornerstone Financial Group added Les Neudorf as an investment adviser representative and registered representative of New England Securities.

Contracting

Distribution

Graybar appointed Bill Mansfield vice president, industrial market and appointed Rob Bezjak vice president of government sales.

Education

Fontbonne University named Maria Eftink as its interim athletic director.

Dr. Ming You of the Siteman Cancer Center was named the Mary Culver Distinguished Professor in Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine.

Jean Manning was selected as the new director of Parkway’s Early Childhood Education.

Juliann Sebastian of the University of Missouri–St. Louis College of Nursing was elected secretary of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

The Parkway School District appointed Corey Sink as assistant principal at South High School and Lori Maddox as assistant principal for the district’s alternative high school, Fern Ridge, and the Missouri Option Program, REACH and PACE.Mark Eggers was named associate principal for the 2010-’11 school year at Sperreng Middle School.

Steve Price was named the new superintendent of the Hazelwood School District, effective in July.

Jean Manning

Mark Eggers

Engineering

The Clayton Engineering Co. promoted Kevin DeSain to vice president of its land surveying division.

Kevin DeSain

Gaming

The Casino Queen named Jeff Watson as general manager.

Government

Patrice Boehler of Westmore Group Inc., Daniel Buxton of Doe Run Co. and Kyle Drury of Bloomsdale Excavating Co. were appointed to the Missouri Dam and Reservoir Safety Council.

Michael Foresman was named to the Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Commission.

Dr. John Puetz of Saint Louis University was appointed to the Missouri Genetic Disease Advisory Committee.

Joan Eberhardt and Helen Sandkuhl, both of Saint Louis University Hospital, were appointed to Missouri’s State Advisory Council on Emergency Medical Services.

The St. Charles County Department of Community Health and the Environment appointed Hope Woodson as director of the Division of Public Health.

Gov. Jay Nixon appointed former Circuit Judge Michael Calvin Spencer, of counsel at Fane Britt & Browne, and Dr. Michael Gerdine, founder and CEO of West End Chiropractic and Rehabilitation Center, to the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners.

Health care

SSM St. Charles Clinic Medical Group added Dr. Alicia King, a family physician, in Troy.

Anthony Mitchell was named employee relations manager for the South Operating Group of SSM Health Care-St. Louis.Dr. Keith Naunheim, a thoracic surgeon, was named medical director for the SSM Cancer Care Thoracic Oncology Steering Team.

Brian Pence was appointed director of the Cancer Care Center at St. Anthony’s Medical Center.

Dr. Alicia King

Brian Pence

Hospitality

Alper Oztok was named general manager of the Four Seasons Hotel.

Kolin Farley was appointed general manager of the new Olive Garden Italian Restaurant in Wentzville.

Kolin Farley

Insurance

Simonne de Villiers has joined Heffernan Insurance Brokers’ Chesterfield office as a benefits specialist.

Simonne de Villiers

Legal

Kathleen Sherby, a partner at Bryan Cave LLP, was elected secretary of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.Reno Cova joined Hawkins, Parnell, Thackston & Young LLP as an associate in liability defense and litigation.

Reno Cova

Manufacturing

Nikken Foods USA named Koichi Sato president.

Marketing

Brighton Agency appointed Julian Kussman as interactive art director.

Julian Kussman

Media

Tom Wiley was named publisher of the Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis.

Nonprofit

The Gateway Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s board of directors elected Gary Wimberly of Express Scripts Inc. as president and Joe Pepin of Brown Shoe Co. as president-elect, and added two new directors: Jeff Davis of Perficient Inc. and Jennifer Boyer.

Rachel Keller Brown was elected to the board of the Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation.

Printing

Real estate

Ann Schmelzle joined CresaPartners in St. Louis as director of corporate services to focus on sales, marketing and new business development.

Retail

Weekends Only named Dionne Dumitru chief operating officer.

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